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THE WHITE FALCON
December 19, 1969
17 Icelandic employees cited
for 10, 15 years service

Seventeen Icelandic employees were presented special
service award certificates by Rear Adm. Mayo A. Hadden,
Jr., commander of the Iceland Defense Force.
At a ceremony held in the CPO Club last Tuesday,
four employees were cited -----------------------------
for ten years of service
with the Iceland Defense
Force. They were Teiter
A. Albertsson, Public Af-
fairs department; Hans A.
Tomasson, Public Works;
Gisli Jonsson, Air Forces
Iceland; and Katrin Krist-
jansdottir, Navy Exchange.
Cited for 15 years of
service were Emil P. Pals-
son, Astvaldor Eiriksson
and Reynir Markusson, all
from the Security depart-
ment. Representing Public
Works were Gudjon F. Ey-
mundsson, Kjarton Jonsson,
Ragnar Jonsson, Tomas S.
Sigurgeirsson and Sigurdur
A. Fossdal. Others cited
for 15 years of service
were Gudni Jonsson, Indus-
trial Relations; Helgi
Thordarson, Supply; Val-
berg Larusson, Admin; and
Elin Clark and Gudjonina
Sigtrygsdottir, both of
Navy Exchange.
Also attending the cer-
Football weekend
AFRTS
tomorrow
channel 8
sas game,
will broadcast
at 3 p.m. on TV
the Texas-Arkan-
and at 6:30 p.m.
1484 radio will carry the
K. C. Chiefs - New York
Jets battle.
Sunday at 9 p.m., 1484
radio will cover the AFL
East-West playoff game be-
tween the Oakland Raiders
and the Houston Oilers.
emony were Capt. Lloyd H.
Thomas, commanding officer
of the naval station and
the heads of various Nav-
Sta departments.
Exchange hours £
The Navy Exchange will
be open Monday, December
22.
However, the Exchange
will close at noon Wednes-
day, December 24, and will
remain closed Christmas
Day and the 26th.
The Exchange will also
be open on Monday the 29th
but will close at noon on
the 31st. It will be clos-
ed on January 1st and will
reopen on the 2nd.
31 advanced in rate Tuesday
Thirty - one Navy enlistedmen were advanced in rate
during ceremonies last Tuesday.
From NavSta, advancing to senior chief petty offi-
cer, was Aviation Administrationman Milton E. Wat-
son. Advancing to second _______:______________
class were TM2 William
Fensick, EN2 Neil C.
Schaefer, SK2 Donald Shaf-
fer, ATR2 Wayne W. Wood,
SH2 Richard E. Slomski
and SH2 Richard K. Warren.
Promoted to third class
were AZ3 Cecil E. Barker,
The White Fhlcon
U.S. NAVAL STATION
KEFLAVIK, ICELAND
CAPT Lloyd H. Thomas
Commanding Officer
CDR John M. Rusch
Public Affairs Officer
JOCS Warren I. Louder
Information Chief
STAFF
J01 Bill Wedertz..........Editor
PH2 H. L. McLaurin . . Photographer
QMSN Richard Carr.........Writer
Peggy Wedertz.........Varitypist
The White Falcon is published
weekly on Friday in accordance with
NAVEXOS P-35, revised July 1958,
for free distribution to personnel of
Naval Station, Keflavik. It is printed
at the Navol Station Printing Plant,
Keflavik, Iceland from non-appropri-
ated funds.
AK3 Richard D. Oros, PH3
David Schuller and SD3
Manuel P. Buenaventura.
Advancing to first
class from the VP-26
squadron was AW1 Dennis D.
Temley. Making second
class from VP-26 were ATR2
James S. Davis, ATR2 James
Martindale and ATR2 John
P. Smeal. Making third
were SD3 Ricado M. Bagan,i
AZ3 D. Beckman, AMS3 W.1
Ponchock, ADJ3 W.E. Wagner
and ADJ3 R.L.. McCall.
From CommSta six men
were promoted to second
class, J. A, Hartley, to
ET1. Those making second
were ETN2 A.D. Karpinnen,
ETN2 T. D. Miles, RM2 B.C.
$aenz, PN2 D. J. Sparks,
RM2 G.G. Disotelle and RM2
F. Sisario.
From ComFAirKef, R. A.
Muller advanced to ACCS, J.
L. Hart made AC2 and BoD.
Moutaw made DP2.
From the Commissary W.L.j
Loweywas promoted to SHL2.